Apparatus for moving heavy bodies.



No. 700,3I9. I Patented May 20, I902.

C. V. FOWLER.

APPARATUS FOR MOVING HEAVY BODIES.

(Application filed June 17, 1901.)

(No Model.)

wi t/785565 k Inn/em r 4M ihasbhwmomxxQc. 75 7 I h I has-Image .haveinhering to themselves resistance to being-moved, consists in its simplest form ofan drum or pulley is carried being rotated, and- 5 end or endsis or'are' attached to the frame- 4 a 'reel' or roller to which a rope' whose other attached to the outer ends of the shaft which 1 ends are stationarily attached to the framing letters marked thereon. r

. wound on or wound-off, in the manner'heredrum or cylinder unwound from the rmeg, said drum or cylinder' 'an'd-wound upon the drum or cylinder,-sothat in the'act of un- UNITED "STATES .1

PATENT OFFICE.

, CHARLES v. Fow-LER, OF Los ANGELES, 'oAL IFoRni Afi P TUS Foawroyme HEAVY Booths.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of L tters T0 all-whom it may Concern;

Be it knownuthat 1, CHARLES V..FowLER,- of the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, in the State of California, have invent-1 ed certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanism or Apparatus for Raising and Lowering or Otherwise Moving Heavy Bodies, of which the following is a full, clear, and em: act description or specification, referencebe ing had to the annexed drawings and to the M'ys'aid'invention, which relates to certain new and usefnllimprovements in mechanism or. apparatus for raising orlowering or-otherwise moving more or less horizontally upon a more or'less horizontal surface bodies having weight and which because ,of their weight axle, upon which is carried at or about the central part thereof a circular drum or pulley, upon which a rope orfchain can'be wound or unwound by the axis upon whichthe said upon the'outer ends of the axis upon which the said drumor pulley'is carried there is inafte'r described, a rope or'ro'pes, whose outer work or other stationary-point of a retaining device, wherein or whereby an axis carrying end is attache'd tothe aforesaid drum or cylinderiis connected in' such manner that by, r v

a of drawings, upon which sheets of d1 "awings- 1 r 1 rotating the axis carrying the reel in one di rection the rope connecting it;to the aforesaid reel itself, while the winding of the'drum', brought about by the unwinding of the rope from off the drum, causes the ropes which are carries the drum to be wound upon that shaft as the rope itself is being unwound from'the winding the rope from thedrum or cylinder the shaft carrying the drum or cylinder winds upon itself the'ropes or;'cables, whose other or other stationarydevice carrying the reel, as aforesaid, and in this manner the shaft, with the drum or cylinder at its center, is

itself is unwound fromthe drum upon-the which'the aforesaid drumfor cylinder is'car .ried, and in addition to the great convenience especially applicable, as hereinafter .de-

sata No. 700,319, dated May 0,190

Serial'lld M937. on model.)

I caused to be moved in the direction of ;ten-.

sion of the ropes or cables 'which become' wound up on the shaftitself as the rope said shaft,vand'the body to be moved is either raised or lowered or transported either horizontally or at any other angleby the ;ex- -tent t6 which the distance between'the center of the shaft upon which the-fdrum or cylinder is carried and the center of the shaft "carrying thereehaceordingly as-the'distance f "between, these two shaftsisjvaried byfthe winding on or winding ofiofitheropes-orcjables in the manner hereinbefo're described, besides which thepower or force for raising f or lowering or moving-at'anyother angle the i -body requiring to be movedis capable'ofcon'e .siderable variation byth'evariatiorr ofdiInen- .sionin the diameter of both'thfaforesaid drum or-cylinder and that off theshaftfupon afforded by the apparatus constituting this 1 invention for moving heavyweights in any-. ,direction the constructionofthe' apparatus altogether is such that nohindrance .whatso-j everis introduced inrthe'operating ofthe ap} paratus through anydesired 'range' or dis- T tance, forthe reason'that there are no'perrna-j neintly-rigid connections between the acting parts of the mechanism, and for this reason the apparatus constituting this invention is' f 5. scribed, and shown upontheannexedsheets' f Figur'e 1 is a side elevation'offmygappara tus shown as operatinginahorizontal post v n n V vice constitutingmyinvention shown asapf s plied to moving a building, such as a ouse; 7 upon rollers in order to transfer the building,x such as a house, from one location to another location. Fig. 4 is aplan'of the apparatus.

itself constituting my invention and correi sponding with Fig. 3, but with the building itself shown in Fig. 3 oniittedin Fig-4. Fig. 5 is an elevation of my apparatus shown as applied to lifting a heavy body vertically from below the level of the apparatus itself and so arranged that it can be moved upon Ioof,

the beams whereon it rests from any one position to any other position without altering the direction of suspension of the apparatus itself.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings the main rope-pulley is marked A, and upon its periphery there is shown as partly wound a rope or cable 13, the other end of which rope' B is shown as partly wound upon the reel 0, which reel 0 is carried in suitable hearings in the framing D, which framing D is securely fastened to any required support, such as the wooden frame E. (Shown partly in side elevation at Fig. 1.) To the axis F ofthedrum or pulleyA there are two ropes or cables G and G attached, whose opposite ends are attached to the stationary framing D, so that as the rope B is wound off the drum or pulleyA the shaft F, upon which the rope drum or pulley A is carried, rotates in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1, and thereby causes the ends of the ropes G and G, which are attached to the axis or shaft F, to be wound upon the said axis F, and which winding action necessarily causes the drum or pulley A and its axis F to be drawn horizontally toward the stationary framing D, so that any weight suspended from the hook H, forming part of the shackle H, carried upon the axis F, if suspended over a carrier-pulley, such as is the pulley L in Figs. 1 and 2, the weight M, suspended by the rope N by the hook H over the pulley L, may be easily lifted or lowered, according to the direction in which the rope or cable B is either wound or unwound, by operating the reel 0 in either a right or left hand direction by means of the winch-handle O in the manner so clearly shown upon Figs. 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings.

In the arrangement of my device or apparatus shown at Figs. 3 and 4: my said device or apparatus is there shown as adapted for hauling a heavy weight horizontally or at any angle tending toward the horizon-such, for example, as is frequently practiced in moving a house, church, or other building from one site to another site. The only difference in the device as shown at Figs. 3 and 4 from that hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. land 2 is that instead of the drum or cylinder A being entirely held up from off the surface upon or about which it operates it is in Figs. 3 and at shown as mounted upon a pair of idler Wheels or rollers P P, which as the device is being hauled horizontally by turning the winch-handle (marked Q) or be- 7 ing hauled for purposes of transit gives ample support to the drum or cylinder A and its connections, so that there is no lack of support of the drum or cylinder A or connections carried thereby either during the time when a building is being moved or when the cylinder or drum A is not in use for performing a hauling operation, in which case the idler wheels or rollers P P, being of larger diameter than the drum or roller A, always support the drum or roller A upon any surface Whatever which carries or supports the same when out of use.

\Vhen the apparatus shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is used for hauling a house or other building or weight, that part of the framing of the apparatus marked D. D is securely fastened to the ground or to any suitable attachment or framework with sufficient resistance to motion, which may be effected by the laying on of sufficient weights upon or by bolting down the framing D D, so as not to be shifted or moved while the house or other building or weight is being moved from one position to another position; but in all other respects the apparatus shown at Figs. 3 and 4 is the same as the apparatus shown at Figs. 1 and 2.

In that form of my device or apparatus shown at Fig. 5, and which form of my device or apparatus is more especially adapted for lifting weights in a shed or other locality, wherein a frame carrying a winding-reel and handle or gear for operating it can be supported upon horizontal beams, so that the said apparatus is either stationary in its position or movable in its position upon said beams. The entire apparatus constituting my invention is supported by this vertical suspension in the mannernow to be described.

In Fig. 5 the parts marked R R represent two beams in transverse section which are car ried in any suitable manner at any required or desired distance above the floorof the building or above the ground upon which the material or weights have to be moved from one place to another in the operations of constructing any structure or machine-such, for example, as in railway-carriage-construction works or railway-locomotive-construction works or other works wherein large masses of material have to be moved from one place to another in order to be assembled into a railwaycarriage body or a locomotive-engine or other heavy piece or structure of either mechanical or static character. Upon these two beams R B there is supported the vertical framing S S, in the upper part of which the axle or reel C, corresponding to the axles and reels 0 O in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, is carried, and upon which reel 0 O the rope B B is wound, while the other end of the rope B 13 is wound upon the suspended pulley A A, and the axle F F of the pulley A A being connected by the ropes G G to the framing S S as the pulley A A is rotated by the rope B B being unwound therefrom and wound upon the reel 0 0 this causes the drum A A, its hook H, and any weight suspended to or by the hook H to be raised by the ropes G G.

being wound upon the axle F F of the drum or cylinder A A in the manner hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the drawings I-Iavingnow described the nature of my said invention and some of the best systems,modes, and manners of usefully cmployin g the same,

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I desire to observe, in conclusion, that what I consider to be novel and original, and thereaxis of the drum,the ropes connecting the fore claim astheinvention rte-be secured to me by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The vapparatus. or device for moving heavy bodies consisting ofa drum or cylinderof much largerdiameter'thanthe reel of the apparatus, the rope Wound partly upon the drum and partly upon' the reel, the two ropes, oneof the ends of each ofwhich is fastened to the reel-frame, and the other end of whieh ropes is fastened to the axis of the drum, the hauling-hook carried upon'the axis of the drum to which the weight or heavy body to be lifted is attached,'all operating together in the manner and for the; purposes substantially as hereinbefore described.

2. The combination of the drum, the reel, thehandle for rotating the reel, theprolonged axis of the drum, the ropes connecting the prolonged axis of the drum to the framing of the reel, the hauling-hook carried by or upon the axis of the drum, all operating together in the manner and for the purposes substantially as set forth. 7 a v 3; The combination of the drum, the reel, the handle for rotating-the reel, the prolonged prolonged axis of the drum to theframing of 30 the reel, the hauling-hookcarried by or upon the axis of the drum, also the carrier or idler wheels for supporting the drum and its attachments, all operating togetherin the manner and for the purposes substantially asset forth. 7 a z s Q g 4. The apparatus or device suspended vertic'ally from the frame'carrying the'windingreel, consisting of the drum, the rope wound partly upon the drum and partlyupon the o 4Q ing-reeltogether, and the two ropes whose winding-reelconneetin'gthe drum and'wind upper ends are attached to the framingof the apparatus, with their lower ends attached to the prolonged axis of the drum; also the hauling-hook carried upon the prolonged axis of the drum, all operating together in the man'- ner and for the purposes substantiallyas set forth.

In witness whereof I, the saidOHARLES FOWLER, have hereunto set my hand, this 7thday of May, A. D. 1901, in the presence of-two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES v. FOWLER.

Witnesses: ST. JOHN DAY,

BEATRICE Y WILKINS. 

